Painting Wheels Two Colors

[regular guy]

Lindberg 1/32 1930 Ford Model A Pickup

want to paint wheels black for tires and

silver or yellow in center

what's a good way to do this?

[Dr. Cranky]

Use a circle template and your airbrush. That should do it.

[scalenut]

good tip ! on a cool kit

but what does "want to paint wheels black for tires" mean ? are the tires plastic in this kit?

[regular guy]

andy

wheels and tires are two piece

and made of plastic like the rest of kit

[scalenut]

ahh ,, good to know thanks

[Erik Smith]

Paint the wheels first (silver or yellow). Then, use flat black, thinned down, applied with a brush, and let it flow into the crack that separates the wheel and tire. It should just flow via capillary action and leave a perfectly crisp line. After the thinned paint dries, come back and paint the rest of the tire with the flat black but not thinned (or not as much) until your desired color is achieved.

[Danno]

Another thought: alternative colors, like 'Rubber Black' or 'NATO Black', will provide a more accurate looking tire than flat black, which is really too stark to replicate a tire very well.

[regular guy]

thank you erik

that sounds like the time tested way to do it

thank you danno

have ton of paints here

i better use what's here